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The economics of human development and social mobility
Heckman, James J.; Mosso, Stefano - 2014
This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252655
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Innovation input and output : differences among sectors
Potters, Lesley - 2009
This research investigates deals with the impact of various innovation activities on innovation output by using Spanish … CIS3 data on 3,247 innovative firms and applying several Knowledge Production Functions. It is confirmed that different … innovation activities lead to differences in both the propensity to innovate and innovation output, depending on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012056149
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Absorptive capacity : a process perspective
Easterby-Smith, Mark; Graça, Manuel; Antonacopoulou, Elena - In: Management learning : the journal for managerial and … 39 (2008) 5, pp. 483-501
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003788369
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Knowledge and innovation in business and industry : the importance of using others
Håkansson, Håkan (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003483218
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Profits, R&D and labour : breaking the law of diminishing returns to labour
Amoroso, Sara - 2015
, theoretical studies on knowledge and labour specialization assume that an increase in the knowledge investment embodied in the … returns to labour vary with their level of knowledge capital (R&D) intensity. Our econometric analysis provides a number of … results. First, we find that more knowledge intensive firms have non-diminishing returns to labour, while less knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011983821
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Returns to different forms of job related training : factoring in informal learning
Fialho, Priscilla; Quintini, Glenda; Vandeweyer, Marieke - 2019
This study aims at disentangling the returns to formal, non-formal and informal training and fills key knowledge gaps …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102998
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Financing constraints and employers' investment in training
Brunello, Giorgio; Gereben, Áron; Weiss, Christoph; … - 2020
Using a representative sample of European firms, this paper studies whether and to what extent financing constraints affect employers' decisions to invest in employee training. It combines survey data on investment activities with administrative data on financial statements to develop an index...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012201498
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Noncognitive skills in economics : models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003903035
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Noncognitive skills in economics : models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2011 - Revised version: November 15, 2011
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality traits as a source of individual differences in labor market productivity and other outcomes. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects: measurement, development over the life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424169
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A new measure of skills mismatch : theory and evidence from the survey of adult skills (PIAAC)
Pellizzari, Michele; Fichen, Anne - 2013
This paper proposes a new measure of skills mismatch that combines information about skill proficiency, self-reported mismatch and skill use. The theoretical foundations underling this measure allow identifying minimum and maximum skill requirements for each occupation and to classify workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257910